A regulation imposed to preserve a norm.

(geography) An island, the northernmost of the two major islands making up New Zealand.

(databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in Boyce-Codd normal form and all multi-valued dependencies are functional dependencies.

(databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in fourth normal form and every join dependency is implied by the candidate keys.

(databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in second normal form and all non-key attributes are mutually independent (no transient dependencies.)

(databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which it is in first normal form and every non-key attribute is dependent upon the entire primary key.

(databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in third normal form and all determinants are candidate keys.

(uncountable) The state of being normal or usual; normalcy. / (chemistry) The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution.

Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.

(databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which repeating groups and attributes have been eliminated by putting each into a separate table connected by a primary-key/foreign-key relationship.